Agenda item

Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing - Individual Cases

Report of the Chief Licensing Officer.

*(NOTE: The report at item 5 in the above agenda is not available to the public and press because it contains exempt information described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended))

Minutes:

4.1	The Chief Licensing Officer submitted details in respect of three cases relating to hackney carriage and private hire licensing.

4.2	The applicant in Case No. 92/23 attended the hearing with representatives, and they all addressed the Sub-Committee.

4.3	The applicant in Case No. 87/23 did not attend the meeting and, as he had not notified anyone of this, the Sub-Committee agreed to consider the case in his absence.

4.4	The applicant in Case No. 96/23 attended the hearing and addressed the Sub-Committee.

4.5	RESOLVED: That, after consideration of the information contained in the case papers, and the information now reported and, where relevant, circulated either prior to the meeting, but after publication of the agenda, or at the meeting, the cases now submitted be determined as follows:-

	Case No.	Licence Type	Decision

	92/23	Application for a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence	(a) Grant a licence for 12 months, as applied for, as the Sub-Committee considers the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence and (b) the applicant be given a written warning as to his future conduct, to remain live during the term of the licence now granted.

	87/23	Application for a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver’s Licence	Refuse to grant a licence on the grounds that, in the light of the circumstances now reported, the Sub-Committee did not consider the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

	96/23	Application for a new Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence	Grant a licence for 12 months, as applied for, in the light of the circumstances now reported.